March 13-19, 2003 | [2003 issue index] |
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Cable ExcessA channel-flipping journey through Philadelphia’:s vast TV wonderland.
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news
Too Legit to Quit: Billy Ciancaglini, budding lawyer and a relative of mobsters, is fighting hard to make good.—Deborah Bolling
Women In Black: No Iraq Attack: Local women plan post-war civil disobedience.—Daniel Brook
Petitions Filed -- No Fatalities—Daryl Gale
Independently Wealthy: Philly’s quirkiest newspaper may not make a lot of money, but it is rich in quality.—Deborah Bolling
The Bell Curve: City Paper's weekly gauge of Philly's Quality of Life
columns:
Political Notebook:Bleu Haze—Mary F. Patel
Cityspace:High Hopes: The design for One Pennsylvania Plaza is a blueprint for excellence.—Harris M. Steinberg
Cityspace:Jacobs' Ladder—Daniel Brook
opinion
Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Whistles BlowingLoose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
How Many Should Die?Slant by Evert Eden
Forty AnswersLetters to the Editor: by the readers
arts
Model Image: The fragmented personae of Veruschka.—Robin Rice
Books:The Game Is Ova: Heredity fashions an engaging tale from the ethics of reproductive science.—Justin Bauer
Theater:The Crucible—Toby Zinman
Theater:The Fever—Toby Zinman
Theater:Q&A: Sebastian Bach of Jesus Christ, Superstar—Interview by A.D. Amorosi
Opera:Cosi Fan Tutte—Lou Camp
artspicks
Tere O'Connor Dance—Janet Anderson
Shut Up and Dance 11—A.D. Amorosi
Macbeth—David Shengold
Line Dance—Deni Kasrel
Monsters, Mickey and Mozart—Juliet Fletcher
movies
Wide Open Spaces: Frederick Wiseman’s documentaries give reality time to breathe.—Sam Adams
Web Pierce: Spider delves into a madman’s mind, but leaves the door open a crack.—Sam Adams
Backwards Thinking: Irréversible’s reverse philosophy undoes the logic of vengeance.—Cindy Fuchs
Screen Picks—Sam Adams
music
Playing the Joker: Deirdre Flint talks shop and loses her religion.—M.J. Fine
The Sound and The Fury: Matt Pond is naughty by nature (not ’cause he hates ya).—Patrick Rapa
The Beatmaster: Isn’t it about time King Britt made a hip-hop album?—A.D. Amorosi
Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley
DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal
musicpicks
The BellRays—Sam Adams
Uri Caine's Goldberg Variations—Kyle Parker
20 Miles—Paul Burress
Alô Brasil—Mary Armstrong
Rainer Maria/ Mates of State—Patrick Rapa
naked city
Sara Spills Some Beans: How to cook with a dirty old Frenchman and other secrets from TV food star Sara Moulton.—Interview by Marc Kravitz
firstlook: Conventional wisdom states,—A.D. Amorosi
Icepack—A.D. Amorosi
mixpicks
Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, Greeks and Romans—Brian White
Suck My Treyf Gender—Sara Marcus
food
Who's Cooking?: A guide to the tastiest prospects in this year’s edition of The Book and the Cook.—Maxine Keyser
offthemenu—Brian White